(Council Bluffs, Iowa) -An official with the Union Pacific Railroad has provided KJAN News with an update concerning a train derailment in Council Bluffs. According to Mike Jaixen, Senior Manager – U.P. Corporate Communications – said that ” At approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday [afternoon], about a dozen empty rail cars derailed in our Council Bluffs, Iowa yard. There were no injuries or contents released. Union Pacific crews are currently working to resolve the issue. One crossing, at 14th Avenue, remains blocked; we hope to clear this crossing by early this [Sunday] afternoon.”

Police officers in Council Bluffs were on routine patrol when they discovered the derailed railcars in the area north of 14th Ave. and S. 15th St. The intersections of S. 12th St. and 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, and 16th Avenues, as well as S. 16th St. and 23rd Ave., were all blocked due to the derailed train covering those intersections.

Union Pacific official had not requested assistance from the police department as of the latest report, and no police resources were deployed to the incident.